Blockchain & Digital Assets

May 7, 2021 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Equa has received $2.5 million in funding in a private offering. Simultaneously, Equa said it will be purchasing Bitcoin which will go into Bitcoin treasury and corporate treasury tools. According to the company, Bitcoin-backed promissory notes will be issued at two separate interest rates depending… Read More

May 7, 2021 @ 9:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Cryptocurrency payments platform BitPay announced on Thursday it is adding Dai and WBTC for businesses to accept as a payment option without the need for any integration or enhancements. BitPay reported Dai and WBTC are available to anyone, accessible anywhere in the world… Read More

May 6, 2021 @ 9:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jameson Lopp, CTO at Bitcoin (BTC) focused firm Casa, recently explained what the Bitcoin (BTC) Taproot upgrade will bring to the world’s largest cryptocurrency network. Lopp discussed (in a recent blog post) how the Bitcoin Taproot update could affect you and your Bitcoin wallet, especially… Read More

May 6, 2021 @ 8:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainlink (LINK), a provider of decentralized Oracle networks, has teamed up with the UNICEF Innovation Fund in order to support blockchain-powered applications in emerging markets. The Chainlink Community Grant Program offers financial resources to development teams and researchers that are creating a “more functional, accessible,… Read More

May 6, 2021 @ 4:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Uniswap, a leading non-custodial Ethereum token exchange, revealed on May 5, 2021, that Uniswap version 3.0 has now been launched on the Ethereum (ETH) mainnet. All “relevant contract addresses” are found here. As mentioned in an update from the Uniswap developers: “Uniswap… Read More

May 6, 2021 @ 4:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) has invested in Coin Metrics – a crypto-asset data and risk analysis firm. The $15 million Series B was led by Goldman along with the participation of previous investors Castle Island Ventures, Highland Capital Partners, Fidelity Investments, Avon Ventures, Communitas Capital, and… Read More

May 6, 2021 @ 1:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

TradeStation, an online broker-dealer and futures commission merchant, announced on Thursday it is now providing access to its services to traders in Minnesota, Mississippi, and Ohio. Residents of these states may now be able to apply for an account on the TradeStation brokerage platform in… Read More

May 6, 2021 @ 1:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

      Celsius Network, a cryptocurrency lending and borrowing platform, announced on Thursday it has formed a partnership with B21 Crypto, a global, mobile-first cryptocurrency platform to provides investing, earning, and sending crypto services. Through the partnership, B21 is notably launching a new feature,… Read More

May 6, 2021 @ 9:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Streami has received a strategic investment from the Digital Currency Group (DCG), according to a release. Streami is based in South Korea and operates GOPAX, a crypto exchange. DCG is said to be the second-largest investor in Streami and previously participated in the Series A… Read More

May 6, 2021 @ 8:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital payments platform Wirex announced on Thursday the migration of a fifth of its native token, the Wirex Token (WXT), from the Stellar Network to the Ethereum blockchain. Wirex reported that following the launch of WXT just two years ago, it will move 20% of the total… Read More

May 6, 2021 @ 8:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Digital bank Revolut announced on Thursday the public beta launch of crypto withdrawals. According to Revolut, the new feature will provide customers with the option to transfer Bitcoin to their personal wallets outside of the Revolut platform. “With the rollout of crypto withdrawals, Revolut… Read More

May 5, 2021 @ 10:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

The US Federal Reserve Board has proposed guidelines to evaluate requests for accounts and payment services at Federal Reserve Banks. In a public statement, the Fed said the introduction of new financial products, such as products introduced by Fintechs including novel types of banking charters,… Read More

May 5, 2021 @ 9:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pera Finance, a multi-layered and “sustainable” trading & yield farming protocol that’s integrated with a “fully-decentralized” daily trading competition, is launching their native token on Binance Smart Chain (BSC) – which is described as a fast and secure decentralized crypto exchange (based on the “highly… Read More

May 5, 2021 @ 5:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Beginning on Tuesday (May 4, 2021) Coinbase Pro (platform for professional crypto traders) are able to transfer Cartesi (CTSI), iExec (RLC), Mirror Protocol (MIR) and Tellor (TRB) digital tokens into their accounts ahead of scheduled trading. As noted by the Coinbase team: “Support for CTSI, RLC, MIR… Read More

May 5, 2021 @ 4:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ziglu, an app-based service facilitating crypto purchases and transfers, says the number of customers has doubled during the lockdown. Ziglu, founded by Starling Bank co-founder Mark Hipperson, aims to provide a digital bank-like experience for the fast-growing crypto-asset sector. In 2020, Ziglu emerged as the… Read More

May 5, 2021 @ 1:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Kyle Sonlin, CEO at Security Token Market (STM), which is focused on supporting the nascent blockchain-based security tokens space. Sonlin explained how the global financial system is evolving rapidly and how security tokens can help streamline many traditional business processes. Sonlin… Read More

May 5, 2021 @ 11:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Standard Custody & Trust Company, LLC, a custody and settlement platform for digital assets, has received charter status to operate under New York State Banking Law as a regulated qualified custodian. According to a release from the company, the New York State Department of Financial… Read More

May 5, 2021 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

The New York Giants has partnered with Grayscale allowing the crypto firm to become the Official Digital Currency Asset Management Partner of the NFL team. According to a release, as part of the partnership, Grayscale will be the Presenting Sponsor of The Giants Foundation Golf… Read More

May 5, 2021 @ 9:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Bitso, a Mexico-based crypto platform, announced on Wednesday it has achieved unicorn status after raising $250 million through its Series C investment round, which was led by Tiger Global and Coatue with participation from Paradigm, BOND & Valor Capital Group, QED, Pantera Capital, and Kaszek. The… Read More

May 5, 2021 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

James Butterfill, Investment Strategist at London-based CoinShares, a digital asset manager focused on expanding access to the cryptocurrency ecosystem while serving as a “trusted partner” for its clients, notes in a blog post published on Tuesday (May 4, 2021) that digital asset investment products saw… Read More